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  • April 12, 2023

    It is a commonly accepted fact that the have the worst quarterback situation in the . Things are turning around with in place, but no one is locking the Browns into "have a franchise quarterback" status just yet.Quietly, however, the Browns might not be in a worse spot in terms of recent history when it comes to starting quarterbacks. The are actually worse, if you want to shorten the window to more recent years. They will be starting at quarterback on Roberto Perez Jersey Thursday night, on Monday night, and he will be their whopping ninth starting quarterback since the beginning of 2014. Deshaun Watson will be Texans' 9th different starting QB tonight since 2014, more than the Browns and the most in the NFL in that span. Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) Not coincidentally, 2014 is when current head coach Bill O'Brien -- who -- took over. O'Brien spent the entire offseason pumping up veteran and and then the Texans' blowout lo s to the .Let's look at this Murderer's Row of quarterbacks that BOB had trotted out in that span: Tom SavageT.J. YatesDeshaun WatsonWooooo, buddy. That's some quarterbacks. And the list really doesn Cody Allen Jersey 't do justice to the flip-flopping O'Brien as done. If you got to Pro-Football-Reference and sort Texans quarterbacks who have thrown five or more pa ses in a game since 2014 here is what the list looks like.Ryan Fitzpatrick (9 games)Ryan Mallett (2 games)Ryan Fitzpatrick (2 games)Tom Savage (1 game)Ryan Fitzpatrick (1 game)Case Keenum (2 games)Ryan Mallett (1 game)Brian Hoyer (1 game)Ryan Mallett (3 games)Brian Hoyer (1 game)Ryan Mallett (1 game)Brian Hoyer (4 games)T.J. Yates (1 game)Brian Hoyer (1 game)T.J. Yates (1 game)Brian Hoyer (3 games)T.J. Yates (1 game)Brandon Weeden Omar Vizquel Jersey (2 games)Brian Hoyer (1 game)Brock Osweiler (13 games)Tom Savage (1 game)Brock Osweiler (1 game)Tom Savage (2 games)Brock Osweiler (1 game)Tom Savage (1 Carlos Baerga Jersey game)Deshaun Watson (1 game)That doesn't include Thursday night's game, it doesn't mean starts and it doesn't account for injury. But it makes the point sufficiently: the Texans have been all over the place when it comes to playing quarterbacks and on Thursday night they'll be starting their ninth quarterback since 2014. By comparison, the Cleveland Browns in that same timeframe: Brian HoyerRobert GriffinDeShone KizerI legit forgot about that Austin Davis start for Cleveland. And the Browns might have had more guys throw pa ses -- , , (WHO WAS A RECEIVER!) -- but that was mostly because of injury. The Texans situation often feels like O'Brien pulling the string in quick fashion. He once yanked Hoyer early in the season to put in Mallett only to have Mallett sleep through his alarm clock.And, again, just to be clear: the Texans have started more quarterbacks since the beginning of 2014 than the Browns have. The Texans are supposed to be a playoff contender.Bonus: Houston is already short-handed thanks to . They desperately need some good quarterback play to give them a shot at beating the Jim Thome Jersey . If history holds it will probably be from two guys.